Fixture clashes in the women’s championship have angered John Birch, of scrumqueens.com
Rugby Rant
Rugby Rant: Game must clamp down on homophobic abuse
Ali Donnelly explains why she feels let down by how rugby has been dealing with homophobic abuse
Rugby Rant: Back off, touchjudge
THERE IS little doubt that rugby union has never been a harder sport to referee. Players are not only quicker and stronger but arguably more streetwise, while coaches are constantly…
Rugby Rant: Give players a rest!
THIS IS a rough schedule for an England player come 2019-20: July-Aug pre-World Cup training; Sept-Oct World Cup; Nov-June Premiership/European season with club; Feb-March Six Nations; July two-Test tour; August…
Rugby rant: One game at a time? Rubbish
Let me tell you what a coach or captain will say about their chances of winning the whole thing, before every major tournament from now until the sun explodes: “We…
Rugby rant: Expand the Women’s Rugby World Cup
COUNTING DOWN to the eighth Women’s Rugby World Cup, many are looking at the line-up and thinking, again, how depressingly short it is. With only 12 teams in three groups,…
Rugby rant: Keep Rugby World Cup free to watch
Rugby is in the midst of a gold rush. A year after the Six Nations was saved from the clutches of pay-TV broadcasters by a joint bid from the BBC…
Rugby Rant: Respect the referee
The vilification of Craig Joubert during RWC 2015 was unnecessary, argues RW reader Philip Eades
Rugby Rant: Respect the Islands
New Zealand’s historic trip to Samoa must herald a change in the tour mindset, says RW’s Alan Pearey
Rugby Rant: stop dissing football!
“We don’t want to turn into Wendyball.” It’s a phrase that makes me want to snap some rugby fans’ rose-tinted spectacles over my knee. Some punters, it’s sad to say,…